adj. (old).—Drunken. Also NACE, NAZE, and NAZY. See quots.—B. E. (c. 1696); BAILEY (1728); MATSELL (1859).
1536. COPLAND, The Hye-way to the Spyttel-hous [HAZLITT, Remains of the Early Popular Poetry of England (1866), IV. 69]. With bousy cove maimed NACE.
1567. HARMAN, A Caveat or Warening for Common Cursetors, p. 86. Now I tower that bene bouse makes NASE nabes.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. NAZIE, drunken: NAZIE COVE or MORT, a drunken rogue or harlot; NAZIE NABS, drunken coxcombs.
